Omnipotent
[ɒm'nɪpət(ə)nt] or [ɑm'nɪpətənt]
Definition
(a.) Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in ability; all-powerful; almighty; as, the Being that can create worlds must be omnipotent.
(a.) Having unlimited power of a particular kind; as, omnipotent love.
Typed by Gordon
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Almighty, all-powerful.
n. [With The prefixed.] God, The Almighty.
Edited by Guthrie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:all-powerful, Almighty, irresistible,
ANT:powers, inefficient
Editor: Meredith
Examples
- In this dear intercourse, love, in the guise of enthusiastic friendship, infused more and more of his omnipotent spirit. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It moved every feeling of wonder and awe, that the picture of an omnipotent God warring with his creatures was capable of exciting. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Bonaparte's marshals are great men, who act under the guidance of an omnipotent master-spirit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She spoke and wept with that gentleness which makes such words and tears omnipotent over a loving-hearted man. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Issus is omnipotent. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I did wrong: I would have sullied my innocent flower--breathed guilt on its purity: the Omnipotent snatched it from me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Servant of the Omnipotent! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Thus Helvetius, perhaps the most extreme and consistent sensationalist, proclaimed that education could do anything--that it was omnipotent. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For the will of man is omnipotent, blunting the arrows of death, soothing the bed of disease, and wiping away the tears of agony. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A voice most irresistible, a power omnipotent, drew me thither. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Oh, omnipotent Destiny, pull our strings gently! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Editor: Meredith